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Noun: sloth bear  slowth behr
  1. Common coarse-haired long-snouted bear of south-central Asia
    "The sloth bear uses its long snout to suck up termites";
    - Melursus ursinus, Ursus ursinus

Derived forms: sloth bears

Type of: bear

Part of: genus Melursus, Melursus

Encyclopedia: Sloth bear